I never mis-pronounce or mis-spell nuffink.
But it’s inertesting, this. I mean, it’s not ‘de-railer’, as most people seem to pronounce it, it’s ‘deh-ry-eur’, or thereabouts, as it’s Française, if you want to be correct. Derailleur. De-railer could also be correct really, though, as that’s in fact what it does. But if it’s spelt ‘derailleur’, then it should be pronounced as intended.
Marin; well, the few Californians I’ve spoken to emphasise the ‘i’, so ittud be ‘Ma-rin’.
I call Ringlé ‘rin-gul’, as I prefer to pronounce it that way. I am well aware that the correct way is closer to ‘Rin-gley/glay’.
I don’t have a problem with deliberate mispronunciation, but I find ignorant mispronunciation annoying. Shows a lack of education, praps. Maybe I’m a snob.
My real first name is easy. Two syllables. Yet people still get it wrong, even though I pronounce it carefully and slowly for them. Some idiots just can’t deal with the concept of ‘foreign’ names.
You can get Simon, Peter or Steven right, why can’t you get my name right an’ all?
Bastards….